Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 03, 1940
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Credits
353 titles
Martin Sheen
Biography
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in Badlands. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone. Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. In television, Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing, and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown. In 2012, he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb. Born and raised in the United States by a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts. He is the father of four children, all of whom are actors. Sheen has directed one film, Cadence (1990), in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón. He has narrated, produced, and directed documentary television, earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s, and has been active in liberal politics.
Known For
Filmography
The American Experiment
George Washington
Lost & Found in Cleveland
Dr. Austin Raybourne
aka Charlie Sheen
Self (archive footage)
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen
Presenter
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
Wild Cards
Jonathan Ashford
23 Seconds to Eternity
Narrator
Vigilante
Executive Producer
Downwind
Self Narrator
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed
Narrator
12 Mighty Orphans
Doc Hall
Judas and the Black Messiah
J. Edgar Hoover
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Self
Can Art Stop a Bullet: William Kelly's Big Picture
Self
Princess of the Row
John Austin
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Josiah Bartlet
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Self (archive footage)
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
Self
The Devil Has a Name
Ralph
The Map to Paradise
Producer
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
James Alden (voice)
American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Narrator (voice)
Come Sunday
Oral Roberts
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
Narrator
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
Matthew Cuthbert
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Narrator (voice)
Dreamland: Mark Twain's Journey to Jerusalem
Narrator
Rules Don't Apply
Noah Dietrich
The Vessel
Father Douglas
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Martin Sheen
Back to the Lane
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Badge of Honor
Captain Daniel Richards
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
Self
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Grace and Frankie
Robert Hanson
Selma
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
A Prayer for Rain
Warren Anderson
Trash
Padre Juilliard
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Boxcar Children
Grandfather Alden (voice)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
Ask Me Anything
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
The Whale
Tom Nickerson
Amazonia
Narrator
Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth
Narrator (voice)